Symposium Agenda

Full agenda and speakers listing for the 2025 CU Boulder Innovation in Materials Symposium:

  • 8:20 – 9:20Ìý Ìý ÌýPlenary Session, JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presiding
  • 8:20 – 8:30 Ìý ÌýÌýIntroduction and Welcoming Remarks,ÌýProf. Stephanie Bryant
  • 8:30 – 9:00 Ìý Ìý TBD,ÌýPeter Green, Deputy Director, Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • 9:00 – 9:30 Ìý ÌýÌýPolyelectrolyte Complexation: New Physics, New Materials, New Applications,ÌýMatthew Tirrell,Ìý Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago
  • 9:30 – 9:40ÌýÌýÌýÌý Break and Transition
  • 9:40 - 10:35Ìý Ìý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions

Session #1: Battery and Energy Storage Materials, JSCBB A115Ìý

  • 9:40 – 10:00 ÌýÌýInnovating and commercializing advanced battery architectures, Prof.ÌýAmy Prieto, Colorado State University
  • 10:00 – 10:15 ÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 10:15 – 10:35Ìý Heat Transfer and Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion at the Limits,ÌýProf.ÌýLongji Cui, University of Colorado

Session #2: Biomaterials, JSCBB A108

  • 9:40 – 10:00 ÌýÌýCell-instructive biomaterials for tissue regeneration, Prof. Melissa Krebs, Colorado School of Mines
  • 10:00 – 10:15 ÌýStudent talk
  • 10:15 – 10:35 ÌýA Materials Approach To Cure Osteoarthritis, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, University of Colorado
  • 10:35 – 10:45Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Break
  • 10:45 – 11:50Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions

Session #3: Polymeric Materials, JSCBB A115Ìý

  • 10:45 – 11:05 ÌýGranular Gels: ÌýSculpting hydrogel particles to engineer tissue scaffolds, Prof. John Oakey, University of Wyoming
  • 11:05 – 11:20 ÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 11:20 – 11:35 ÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 11:35 – 11:55 Controlling Growth and Form Through Cell–Material Mechanics, Prof.ÌýFranck Vernerey, University of Colorado

Session #4: Energetic Materials, JSCBB A108Ìý

  • 10:45 – 11:05 ÌýDeveloping and validating thermomechanics models for explosives with experiments on commensurate scales, Dr. Kyle Ramos, Los Alamos National Laboratories
  • 11:05 – 11:20 ÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 11:20 – 11:35 ÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 11:35 – 11:55 ÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 11:55 – 12:05Ìý Pick up lunches
  • 12:05 – 1:30 Ìý JSCBB Panel Discussion with external advisory board
    • Professional Development Help for PhD students and Postdocs
  • 12:05 – 1:30Ìý ÌýFaculty Breakout sessions TBD
  • 1:30 – 1:50 Ìý Ìý Break and Transition
  • 1:50 – 2:45Ìý Ìý ÌýParallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions

Session #5: Membranes, JSCBB A115ÌýÌý

  • 1:50 – 2:10 Ìý ÌýÌýConnecting Ionic and Molecular Interactions to Covalent Organic Framework Membrane Performance, Prof. Dongmei Li, University of Wyoming
  • 2:10 – 2:25 Ìý ÌýÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 2:25 – 2:45ÌýÌýÌýÌý Molecular details of aqueous transport through polyamide membranes, Prof. Michael Shirts, University of Colorado

Session #6: Energetic Membranes, JSCBB A108 Energetic Materials

  • 1:50 – 2:10 Ìý ÌýÌýDefects and Dynamics in Hybrid Halide Semiconductors, Prof. James Neilsen, Colorado State University
  • 2:10 – 2:25 Ìý ÌýÌýTalk by Selected Trainee
  • 2:25 – 2:45ÌýÌýÌýÌý TowardÌýin situÌýtop atomic layer surface analysis with high sensitivity low energy ion scattering (HS-LEIS), Prof. Adam Holewisnki, University of Colorado
  • 2:45 – 3:00ÌýÌýÌýÌý Break and Poster Setup
  • 3:00Ìý - 4:30 Ìý Ìý Poster Session
  • 4:30 – 5:00Ìý Ìý ÌýPlenary Session, JSCBB A115,Ìý When to Consider Standardization in Emerging Materials Research, Jason Killgore, NIST